Identity
Person No.
31578
Old ROH no.
35190
Service No.
94787256PE
Last Name
First Name
Vumile Robert
Initials
V R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,633
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. He was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit by a civilian vehicle in Thokoza
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Airborne light infantry (paratroops)
Status
Regular Force
Part of
Still the SANDF’s only full-time parachute battalion. 44 Parachute Brigade was downsized to 44 Parachute Regiment in 1999.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. N. K. Mapeyi of Umtata.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
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